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The Queer Omaha Archives: The First 5 Years, Amy C. Schindler
The Queer Omaha Archives: The First 5 Years, Amy C. Schindler
Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Kick-off LGBTQ+ History Month by learning more about Nebraska’s LGBTQ+ history and how archivists and librarians are preserving and sharing the past today. Presentation for the NCompass Live, a program of the Nebraska Library Commission. The Queer Omaha Archives in UNO Libraries’ Archives and Special Collections launched in 2016 as the first dedicated LGBTQ+ archival and book collection in Nebraska. In the collecting initiative’s first 5 years it has grown to over 80 cubic feet and 3 GB of personal papers and organizational records, 50 oral history interviews, and 3,000 books. In this session, you will be introduced to some …
Frederick Wiseman's Essene (1972): The Duality Of Mary And Martha, Nilita Vachani
Frederick Wiseman's Essene (1972): The Duality Of Mary And Martha, Nilita Vachani
Journal of Religion & Film
America’s legendary documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman shot Essene 50 years ago at the height of the commune movement in the United States. Unlike his previous institutional films which showcase an insane asylum, a public high school, an inner city police force, a hospital, and a military training school, Essene's canvas is the far less turbulent terrain of a serene and austere Benedictine monastery devoted to the love and service of God and the divine spirit. This paper undertakes a close textual and hermeneutic analysis of Essene alongside an appraisal of Wiseman’s working methodology, his cinematic portrayals of character and dramaturgy, …
Where Is Anne Frank, Ken Derry
Where Is Anne Frank, Ken Derry
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Where Is Anne Frank (2021) directed by Ari Folman.
The King With The Vīṇā Flag – Perspectives Of Rāvaṇa In Film, Achintya Prahlad
The King With The Vīṇā Flag – Perspectives Of Rāvaṇa In Film, Achintya Prahlad
Journal of Religion & Film
Rāvaṇa, the ten-headed Rākṣasa (‘demon’) king of the epic the Rāmāyaṇa, is the most fascinating of all the antagonists in films based on Hindu mythology, so powerful that even the Sun cannot rise without his orders, and celebrated as an unparalleled musician-scholar and great devotee of the god Śiva. His passion for the vīṇā, a string instrument with divine associations, is so great that this instrument adorns his royal flag as its emblem. His consciousness of his supreme powers and great knowledge soon gives way to ahaṅkāra (hubris) and lust, which leads to his eventual downfall and death at the …
Reframing The Sacred: Valkyrie And The Basis Of Resistance, William S. Skiles
Reframing The Sacred: Valkyrie And The Basis Of Resistance, William S. Skiles
Journal of Religion & Film
The film Valkyrie (2008) is a thriller that explores the religious basis of the July 20, 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in the last year of the Second World War. While the political motivations are clearly stated in exposition and dialogue, the religious motivations are shown through a series of images, symbols, and dramatic uses of the word “sacred” (heilig and its derivatives). The filmmakers focus on Colonel von Stauffenberg’s struggle against the Nazi conception of the sacred, revealing his Christian sense of the sacred as a basis for his resistance. The religious elements in the film provide …
Who We Are: A Chronicle Of Racism In America, John C. Lyden
Who We Are: A Chronicle Of Racism In America, John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America (2021), directed by Emily Kunstler.
Izaokas (Isaac), William L. Blizek
Izaokas (Isaac), William L. Blizek
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Izaokas (Isaac), directed by Jurgis Matulevicius.
The Return: Life After Isis, John C. Lyden
The Return: Life After Isis, John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of The Return: Life After ISIS (2021), directed by Alba Sotorra Clua.
Revising Mary Queen Of Scots: From Protestant Persecution To Patriarchal Struggle, Jennifer M. Desilva, Emily K. Mcguire
Revising Mary Queen Of Scots: From Protestant Persecution To Patriarchal Struggle, Jennifer M. Desilva, Emily K. Mcguire
Journal of Religion & Film
Since Mary Queen of Scots’ execution in 1587, she has become a symbol of Scottish identity, failed female leadership, and Catholic martyrdom. Throughout the twentieth century, Mary was regularly depicted on screen (Ford, 1936; Froelich, 1940; Jarrott, 1971) as a thrice-wed Catholic queen, unable to rule her country due to her feminine nature and Catholic roots. However, with the rise of third wave feminism and postfeminism in media, coupled with the increased influence of female directors and writers, Mary’s characterization has shifted from portraying female/emotional weakness and religious sacrifice to female/collaborative strength in hardship and a struggle against patriarchal prejudice. …